Data Breach at Change Healthcare May Have Impacted Up To 190M Patients’ Records: Report
New numbers could mean significantly more Change Healthcare data breach lawsuits filed over the coming year.
New numbers could mean significantly more Change Healthcare data breach lawsuits filed over the coming year.
While Change Healthcare paid $22 million to get its data back from hackers, it was too late to prevent access to millions of patients' private information.
In addition to patient information being stolen, the data breach caused Change Healthcare to take its systems offline, severely impacting hospital services.
Judge and law clerk overseeing the litigation are among the millions of Americans who have received a data breach notice from Change Healthcare, after their private health information was compromised.
More than 1 billion Americans were impacted by data breaches in 2024, leading to lawsuits against Change Healthcare, AT&T, Ticketmaster and other companies that exposed customers’ personal information.
An estimated 100 million people in the U.S. may be eligible for settlement payouts following a massive Change Healthcare data breach earlier this year.
Social Security numbers and private medical information were compromised in a massive data breach after Change Healthcare failed to take necessary precautions or follow basic security protocols.
Vast amounts of private health data were stolen in a cyber attack on Change Healthcare, which appears to be the result of breached log-in credentials.
Lawsuit comes as individuals nationwide continue to receive notice of a massive Change Healthcare data breach, learning that their private health information may have been compromised.
Lawsuits over Change Healthcare data breach seek to hold the company accountable for substantially greater damages caused by cybersecurity failures that exposed sensitive customer information.